By recruiting Lucas Chevalier on August 8, for an amount estimated at forty million euros, Paris Saint-Germain made a strong choice for the goalkeeper position. Yet author of an excellent season,
Gianluigi Donnarumma was therefore pushed towards the exit.
For the number 2 goalkeeper of the France team, this is an important career change. Not easy to negotiate, but which could allow him to take a considerable step forward. In the columns of Figarothe native of Calais returned to the conditions of his arrival in the capital of France.
“ There was reflection on my part, and with those close to me. We know it’s different before we even experience it. I could have made other choices or stayed in my comfort in Lille and not taken any risks. My arrival really accelerated in the last few days, and we immediately prepared for the European Super Cup. So the first few months, at least the first month and a half, there was a bit of discomfort. I was still staying at the hotel. And then I’m a fairly routine person, quite square, and there, it was a bit of freestyle”revealed Lucas Chevalier to the national daily.
Lucas Chevalier faced with the demands of very high level
Since the start of the season, the 23-year-old has not
not spared from criticism.
“Everything is scrutinized, you have no room for error, you have to be good straight away, he quickly realized.
Honestly, we’re going to look for the little things… The good is normal. The worst part is not normal. But ultimately, it’s good to have that from the start. I think that when you are very good here, you are really put on a pedestal, more than in Lille. But, if we are less good, we are put six feet underground. »
This Tuesday evening, the former Valenciennes goalkeeper will once again be in the spotlight. The reception of Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League constitutes an important test.
